But then — why would the witches agree?

  To them, a human could hardly be more valuable than a wizard. Or did they need a human, specifically? Was there some ritual or spell that only worked with a human female? Even if so, could they not simply buy one? Have one delivered, discreetly, for money? Yu had no idea how witches conducted their business, but trading a wizard for a mere human just seemed like a really bad deal. If someone walked up to him and said, You can either be the director of this human habitat, or have one wizard who does whatever you want for the rest of your life —

Yu stopped that thought. For one, he was digressing. And for the other, he would, actually, choose the human habitat. Not for the humans, of course, but for the lifestyle. Yu would very much prefer to live at an estate, doing absolutely nothing, than have nowhere to live and some random wizard follow him around, basically doing the nothing with him.

 If he were a witch, though, he would choose a wizard over any random human.

        Unless.

            Unless she was not random.

                   Unless it had to be her.

                How was this female special?

        Yu had noticed that she looked unusually tairan,
              with her fair skin and orange hair, but other than —  NO!
                                                                                                NO . WAY!
                                                                                                       It could. not. be!

                       What if the human was indeed a true human?
                Not some mentally deranged blend of human and tairan blood,
                           but a girl of pure human ancestry?

                          What if her striking appearance came from 
   
     

                                                                                 THE LINEAGE OF THE
                                                             

 
  Yu shot upright.
  He stood, every feather of his body bristling.

                But then — why would the witches agree?

  To them, a human could hardly be more valuable than a wizard. Or did they need a human, specifically? Was there some ritual or spell that only worked with a human female? Even if so, could they not simply buy one? Have one delivered, discreetly, for money? Yu had no idea how witches conducted their business, but trading a wizard for a mere human just seemed like a really bad deal. If someone walked up to him and said, You can either be the director of this human habitat, or have one wizard who does whatever you want for the rest of your life —

Yu stopped that thought. For one, he was digressing. And for the other, he would, actually, choose the human habitat. Not for the humans, of course, but for the lifestyle. Yu would very much prefer to live at an estate, doing absolutely nothing, than have nowhere to live and some random wizard follow him around, basically doing the nothing with him.

 If he were a witch, though, he would choose a wizard over any random human.

        Unless.

            Unless she was not random.

                   Unless it had to be her.

                How was this female special?

        Yu had noticed that she looked unusually tairan,
             with her fair skin and orange hair, but other than —  NO!
                                                                                              NO . WAY!
                                                                                                    It could. not. be!

                What if the human was indeed a true human?
         Not some mentally deranged blend of human and tairan blood,
                    but a girl of pure human ancestry?

                   What if her striking appearance came from
                      

                                                                                           THE LINEAGE OF THE
                                           

Yu shot upright.
He stood, every feather of his body bristling.

But then —        
why would
the witches agree?    

  To them, a human could hardly be more valuable than a wizard. Or did they need a human, specifically? Was there some ritual or spell that only worked with a human female? Even if so, could they not simply buy one? Have one delivered, discreetly, for money? Yu had no idea how witches conducted their business, but trading a wizard for a mere human just seemed like a really bad deal. If someone walked up to him and said, You can either be the director of this human habitat, or have one wizard who does whatever you want for the rest of your life —

Yu stopped that thought. For one, he was digressing. And for the other, he would, actually, choose the human habitat. Not for the humans, of course, but for the lifestyle. Yu would very much prefer to live at an estate, doing absolutely nothing, than have nowhere to live and some random wizard follow him around, basically doing the nothing with him.

 If he were a witch, though, he would choose a wizard over any random human.

        Unless.

      Unless she was
   not random.

                            Unless
               it had to be her.

       How
   was this female
        special?

      Yu had noticed
  that she looked
unusually tairan,
      with her fair skin
     and orange hair,
but other than —  NO!

NO . WAY!
   It could. not. be!

                What if the human
was indeed a true human?
         Not some mentally deranged blend of human and tairan blood, but a girl
of pure human ancestry?

   What if
  her striking appearance
      came from
  

 THE LINEAGE OF THE

    Yu shot upright.
He stood, every feather
of his body bristling.

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